158.10 - Welfare fraud in the fourth degree.

§ 158.10 Welfare fraud in the fourth degree.    A  person  is  guilty of welfare fraud in the fourth degree when he or  she commits a fraudulent welfare act and thereby takes or obtains public  assistance benefits,  and  when  the  value  of  the  public  assistance  benefits exceeds one thousand dollars.    Welfare fraud in the fourth degree is a class E felony.